Changes in deposition on a colluvial fan during the Upper Holocene in the Tindastóll Mountain, Skagafjördur District, north Iceland: Preliminary results

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-63

  Decaulne, Armelle ^a,b   Sæmundsson, Porsteinn ^b   Jónsson, Helgi Páll ^b   Sandberg, Olga ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Natural Research Centre of Northwest Iceland   (Iceland)

^c Land Survey Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Colluvial fan; Field survey; Incision; Schmidt hammer; Tephro chronology; Upper Holocene

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; FIELD SURVEY; HOLOCENE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33847715403     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2007.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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